Craig Etchison

Craig Etchison is a combat vet and retired professor who taught classes on war and peace over the years. His published collection of short stories, Vietnam Snapshots, is based on his war experiences. He has also published essays as well as young adult novels on the subject of war and peace.

Passing on the Insights

I went to Vietnam in 1968 as a young, naïve kid, serving with the First Cavalry Division. By the end of my tour, I was no longer quite so naïve. Typical, I think, of so many kids who went to Vietnam thinking they were serving freedom and democracy when, in fact, we were serving the political ambitions of dictators in Vietnam and the political ambitions of those running our country at the time.

Creative Nonfiction

Issue 39, July 2020

Craig Etchison

Craig Etchison is a combat vet and retired professor who taught classes on war and peace over the years. His published collection of short stories, Vietnam Snapshots, is based on his war experiences. He has also published essays as well as young adult novels on the subject of war and peace.

Passing on the Insights

I went to Vietnam in 1968 as a young, naïve kid, serving with the First Cavalry Division. By the end of my tour, I was no longer quite so naïve. Typical, I think, of so many kids who went to Vietnam thinking they were serving freedom and democracy when, in fact, we were serving the political ambitions of dictators in Vietnam and the political ambitions of those running our country at the time.

Creative Nonfiction

Issue 39, July 2020

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